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Calling all food and craft traders

2024-04-30T10:00:37+00:00

Calling all food and craft traders On Saturday 31st August Clifton House, and its grounds, will be open to the public for a Heritage Skills Event. As part of our 250th anniversary celebrations, this flagship event will host fun interactive heritage skills workshops and demonstrations; a chance to hear more about the history of the house; food and entertainment and an oral history capture. As part of this event, we will be offering pitches to local crafters and food vendors. If you are interested in being part of this exciting community event, please apply using the following link: https://tinyurl.com/CliftonHouseTraderApp Please apply by 10am on [...]

Calling all food and craft traders2024-04-30T10:00:37+00:00

Medical History of the Poorhouse

2024-04-09T09:20:38+00:00

Medical History of the Poorhouse From the very beginning of the poorhouse, Belfast Charitable Society was a pioneering force for medical innovation in Belfast. As poverty and sickness are inextricably linked, the Society needed to be able to care for the sick poor who would enter the house.  Before the involvement of the Society, medical relief for the poor in Belfast was practically non-existent and extremely limited. When Clifton House first opened in 1774, it contained seven beds for the sick. These beds mark the beginning of Belfast’s hospitals, and the Society’s first medical report noted the treatment of five patients. [...]

Medical History of the Poorhouse2024-04-09T09:20:38+00:00

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    Antrim BT15 1ES

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